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Conflict of Laws in East Africa
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African law has come of age. It has its own Journal, its own international association, and increasing attention is being turned to various aspects of the field in all quarters of the globe. A quarter of a century ago the view was expressed that Netherlands Indies jurisprudence and the studies of Dutch-trained jurists on the Indies law would be of extreme value when the interpretation of a comparable plurality of legal systems in tropical Africa was undertaken. The suggestion has been realized. In Holland former students of adat law have turned to African native law and custom. In England the experts on African law frequently rely on such Dutch works as are made available to them. I welcome the opportunity of expressing my esteem, as well as my indebtedness, to the scholar who has provided the solid foundation for a very important segment of African, as it was of Indies, law. To Professor Kollewijn I dedicate this fragment on conflict of laws in East Africa.
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- Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 9 , Issue 4: Special Issue: De Conflictu Legum, Essays Presented to RD Kollewijn and J Offerhaus , October 1962 , pp. 430 - 454
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